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The Shame of ‘Pride’

Stephen Henry Miller — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:10:11 +0000

Last month’s “Pride” events were increasingly dominated by the ugliest aspects of the LGBTQ+ left, including the world’s most ancient bigotry gussied up in woke language.

Take for instance, the rank anti-Semitism at the London “Pride” parade. Outright Marxism and Jew-hatred now define the identitarian “queer” left, which dominates LGBTQ+ activism.

And in NYC, a similar story:

And, of course, what should be obvious:

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Supreme Court: States Can Bar Boys from Girls’ Sports

Stephen Henry Miller — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:46:41 +0000

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can limit public school and college girls’ and women’s sporting competition to biological females.

"The science is pretty clear that men don't have athletic advantage over women"

They just say meaningless words they think sound good.

Look at her face when she says it. She doesn't believe it. But for a reason I don't understand, this is the hill they've chosen to die on. https://t.co/z0SvHhklGO
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) June 29, 2026

A welcome shift towards clarity and accuracy in language https://t.co/wqn1JWbEui
— LGB Alliance USA (@LGBAlliance_USA) June 30, 2026

Before reporting on the transgender case, NBC actually gave an effective trigger warning that it would be quoting the court in the use of terms like "biological male" and "biological female." https://t.co/bN4NImmroF This is how the press becomes a parody of itself.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 1, 2026

What the NAACP is calling for passing the Equality Act is anything but Equal. It gives all male individuals special privileges that override girls/women’s hard earned rights. It also strips all homosexual rights where we would have to include people of the opposite sex. Hell NO! https://t.co/mIkI8KXx8P
— Schrödinger's Lesbian ⚢ (@IsleLesbos) June 30, 2026

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The Left’s Embrace of TQ+ Is Killing Gay Rights

Stephen Henry Miller — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:42:46 +0000

If “LGBTQ+” means hating Israel and embracing the “genocide” blood libel, and also favoring taxpayer money to medically transition gender-nonconforming kids, not to mention the rest of the radical left agenda, is it any wonder support for what were once called “gay rights” is plummeting?

And this (getting back to the theme):

New York State celebrates the 250th by trying to force Catholic nuns to use 'preferred pronouns':

"The sisters have received three letters from the state’s health department, in effect, explaining that they’re not complying with provisions of a “Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA+ New… pic.twitter.com/rCRTbmgzCf
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) June 29, 2026

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Stop Transing Gay Kids!

Stephen Henry Miller — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:32:05 +0000

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DEI Preferences for LGBTQ+ Contractors Is a Terrible Idea

Stephen Henry Miller — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:18:36 +0000

DEI, so-called “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies, mandate preferential treatment in hiring and promotions (and other far-flung areas, from college admissions to government contracts) based on identity group membership. DEI preferences are justified as a means to rectify past group-based discrimination, but in effect they operate as a thumb on the scale the overrides individual merit in decision-making.
The height of DEI ideological insanity could be the California Public Utility Commission’s policy of preferencing the awarding of government contracts to LGBTQ-owned businesses.
Again, it’s as if LGBTQ+ activists and their political “allies” are trying to provoke a backlash against the great achievement of the gay rights movement—equal treatment under the law.

SCOOP: California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program—and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough.https://t.co/rOcnPqYJrl
— Christopher F. Rufo (@christopherrufo) June 16, 2026

I can’t believe this is real…

California has a gay certification checklist to ensure taxpayer funded contracts only for lgbtq people, are being awarded to people who are gay enough

Extremely bizarre, not to mention highly illegal.

Source: @CityJournal pic.twitter.com/CCME6cjHiA
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 16, 2026

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Forced Compliance with LGBTQ+ Pride Undermines Gay Rights

Stephen Henry Miller — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:10:12 +0000

The growing political backlash should have been predicable, and will only get worse.

Making ball players wear pro-LGBTQ+ hats and uniform shirts, and threatening retaliation against those who resist, is a terrible practice. It’s as if LGBTQ+ activists and their “allies” are trying to provoke a backlash against the great achievement of the gay rights movement — equal treatment under the law.

TRENDING: San Francisco Giants pitcher Sam Hentges declined to wear the team’s Pride Night cap on Friday night, infuriating some members of the fanbase.

“It was equal parts bigoted and embarrassing, and blame deserves to shine throughout the organization,” Giants analyst Brady… pic.twitter.com/iZzgfppfSH
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) June 13, 2026

This is nuts. Forced to wear "Pride Month" rainbows on their baseball caps, 3 Christians on the SF Giants added, "Gen 9:12-16" — referring to God's covenant with man symbolized with a rainbow.

Gay rights activist: "They defaced the Pride rainbow by telling the LGBTQ community…
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) June 16, 2026

JUST IN: The Attorney General of Florida is now launching an investigation into the MLB after they WARNED 3 Giants pitchers simply because they wore BIBLE VERSES on their "Pride Night" caps

GOOD!

JD VANCE: "Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore."

AG UTHMEIER: "Do you… pic.twitter.com/WhVLoT9Pqf
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 16, 2026

NEW: Professional baseball team 'York Revolution' turns on their players after they were forced to forfeit after the players refused to wear LGBT jerseys for 'Pride Night.'

The Pennsylvania team threw their players under the bus for refusing to put on the gay uniforms.

"To be… pic.twitter.com/xStfEYmx88
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2026

And this

Ryan Self also posted:

It’s notable who is the target audience for common forms of LGBTQ activism (“queer” people in some of the most LGBTQ-friendly, progressive cities in the world) and who isn’t (gay kids in deeply conservative and religious areas where hostile attitudes and barriers to opportunities are more common). “How will this action impact gay kids in rural Alabama or ruby red Arkansas?” is a question I wish activists asked themselves. Instead, the concern seems to be, “Do queer baseball fans in San Francisco feel seen?”

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Self-Destruction of Former Gay Rights Movement Continues

Stephen Henry Miller — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:14:02 +0000

Gay rights protected a stigmatized minority without disrupting everyone else’s life. Trans rights aim to make everyone reject biology, indulge delusion, accept child sexualization, and treat sex as a spectrum requiring pronouns. Gay rights is losing appeal because its champions… https://t.co/5747XT924S
— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) June 4, 2026

Andrew Sullivan on how the radical queer left is undermining support for legal same-sex marriage:

"Marriage equality was a huge blow to the queer left. They hated the idea that gay men and women could just be normies, primarily interested in getting on with their lives,… pic.twitter.com/sYUbqmidgU
— Nancy Pearcey (@NancyRPearcey) June 5, 2026

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month Is Here

Stephen Henry Miller — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:55:45 +0000

And alternatively:

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The Real ‘Conversion Therapy’ Threat

Stephen Henry Miller — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:37:54 +0000

Conversion therapy bans conflate sexual orientation and gender identity, and so also seek to ban talk therapy to help gender-confused kids, including gay and proto-gay kids, to feel comfortable with their bodies. Instead, they want “gender-affirming” medical intervention as the only allowed treatment for distress experienced by minors who don’t conform to traditional gender stereotypes (i.e., “masculine” girls and “effeminate” boys). That’s why growing numbers of LGB people oppose “conversion therapy” bans by local and national governments.

And this:

I challenge every single person who believes minors should be enabled and even encouraged to transition to read this first person testimony to the end.

1/3

via @IWF https://t.co/3276o4tg8J
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 29, 2026

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Battle Lines

Stephen Henry Miller — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:24:38 +0000

Gay community and gay rights activism/politics were once intricately bound together. Now, what passes for gay community and LGBTQ+ activism/politics seem to be worlds apart, although many older gay men still heavily fund LGBTQ+ activist organizations, apparently unaware of the agenda these groups now support, such as transing gender-nonconforming gay and proto-gay kids and putting physically intact males who self-identify as female into girl’s and women’s locker rooms and sports.

From the Down Under, “Battle Lines Drawn as Gay, Trans Camps Square Off.”

But trans vs. gay may be the future generally. Via LGB Alliance Australia:

“Let’s be clear. ‘LGBTQIA+ no longer represents us. It now encompasses institutions that oppose the rights of lesbians, gay man and bisexual people, erasing our language, distorting our reality and mischaracterizing our rights as hate.”

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